http server on port 8181 in windows guest is not found by browser of host system macosx

[ceugster]

Hi
I desperatly try to do the following:
I set up an http server on a windows guest system (win7) on port 8181. I am able to call the address on the guest system itself without problems (http://192.168.1.45:8181/system/console e.g.). The guest system has to network adapters installed (NAT and Bridget Adapter, I tried several names, e.g. en0).
When I ping the guest from the host (ping 192.168.1.45) it responds, but when I call http://192.168.1.45:8181/system/console from a browser, the server is not found. I also tried other ports (e.g. 80) without success. Does anybody have an idea, what could go wrong here? Thanks!
Christian

[socratis]

I set up an http server on a windows guest

The webservers by default don't allow access from 3rd party computers, only by the "host" itself (in your case your Win guest). Check the configuration of the webserver and make sure it allows traffic from "all".